Subject: [Lwip] [CFW] 5th IEEE Conference on Network Functions Virtualization & Software Defined Networks

From: Juhoon Kim <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:50:14 +0200

(Apologies if you received multiple copies of this call)

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5th IEEE Conference on Network Functions Virtualization & Software
Defined Networks

Dallas, TX, U.S.A. - November 12-14, 2019
https://nfvsdn2019.ieee-nfvsdn.org

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CALL FOR WORKSHOPS

The 5th IEEE NFV-SDN conference, which will take place in Dallas,
invites proposals
for full-day or half-day workshops to be held on Nov 12, 2019 at the
start of the
main technical program.  The scope of the workshops is to complement the main
conference program with forums for exchange of technical expertise,
development,
integration and standardization efforts particularly focused on areas
of interest
within the frame of NFV-SDN. Proposals from industry and academia are
welcome, in
particular on multi-disciplinary aspects. Accepted and presented
workshop papers
will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore.

Topics of interest include the following:
- Network Slicing in 5G Systems
- Advances in Network Service Chaining
- SDN and NFV Security challenges/opportunities
- Portability and benchmarking of Virtual Network Functions
- Edge Computing synergy with NFV and SDN
- Machine learning for NFV Management and Orchestration
- NFV-SDN deployment cases across vertical sectors
- Validation and Verification of Network Services and VNFs
- Testbeds and experiments with orchestration for 5G, vertical
services and slicing
See also the main conference topics list.

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Important Dates

Workshop proposal submission:	April 19, 2019
Notification of acceptance:	May 3, 2019
Workshop Paper Submission:	July 26, 2019
Notification of Acceptance:	August 30, 2019
Camera-ready Submission:	September 20, 2019

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Workshop Proposal Submission Guidelines

Each NFV-SDN 2019 workshop proposal should be submitted in a single
PDF file, and
must include:
- Name and abbreviation of the workshop.
- Names, addresses, and a short bio of the workshop organizers (i.e.
OC and TPC chairs).
- A brief description of the technical focus addressed by the workshop, the
  motivation for the workshop and why this area/theme is or particular
interest at
  this time.
- Technical Program Committee (TPC) and/or Organizing Committee (OC) roster.
- The planned format of the workshop, including a strategy to
facilitate lively and
  interactive discussions.
- Publicity and advertising plan to attract paper submissions and
attendees. For
  previous editions of the workshop, please include statistics of
submitted/accepted
  papers and attendee numbers. For new workshops, please provide rough
estimates for
  expected submissions and attendees.
- A draft of a 1-page "Call for Papers (CfP)" including title,
description, topics
  and dates.

Submitted Workshop proposals should not exceed THREE pages and should
be submitted
via email to:
[email-masked]

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IEEE NFV-SDN 2019

General Chairs:
Kurt Tutschku, BTH, SWE
Larry Horner, Intel, USA

Workshop Co-Chairs:
Barbara Martini, CNIT, IT
Sandra Scott-Hayward, Queen's University Belfast, UK